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Baking Delights: Baking breads and treats for your family

June 17th, 2008

Plain Old Raisin Bread

 
I love raisin bread. I love it toasted and buttered, or just plain. I love it as the bread for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and chicken salad sandwiches. It has an old fashioned goodness that is just fantastic.
Seriously, If you have never tried chicken or turkey salad sandwiches on raisin bread you should. It […]

By Marye -- 4 comments

May 21st, 2008

French Breakfast Puffs:Little Puffs of Yum

I have looked at these a number of times in one of my vintage cookbooks and just passed over them..They seemed too simple, too average, too mediocre. A little flour, a few eggs..some butter…yadda yadda yadda.
But something whispered to me the other morning and I thought that I would. I mean, why not? So what […]

By Marye -- 12 comments

August 6th, 2007

Banana Cake Doughnuts (or Donuts)

 Our weekend is a little different than most. Since Marc works retail he works on Saturday and then has Sunday and Monday off. Sunday is really not a day off because there is church a good portion of the day.  Monday is our more leisurely day, although I don’t know if leisurely is a word […]

By Marye -- 3 comments

August 5th, 2007

Praline Shortbread Bars

These are really rich with a crumbly shortbread crust and a smooth praline filling with just enough coconut and pecans to add interest. They don’t take long to make and the results are spectacular. For the base: 1/2 c butter softened 1/3 c sugar 1 egg 1 1/4 c flour pinch of salt 1 […]

By Marye -- 7 comments

July 22nd, 2007

Oh, Henry! Bars

O.k..if you remember these you are old. :) If you remember buying them for 15 cents at the local store that carried everything from pickles in a barrel to PDQ and Bosco then you are as old as me.
  This is a bar cookie that I really don’t see much anymore. It is wonderful…close to […]

By Marye -- 2 comments

June 6th, 2007

Quaker Famous Oatmeal Cookies

The Quaker Famous Oatmeal Cookies Recipe is one of my old standby recipes. I grew up with it, I love it and I would not change a thing. The cookies come out moist, chewy and delicious..there are just some things you cannot improve upon! According to the information I have, the Quaker Company put […]

By Marye -- 5 comments